AAXA P300 Portable Projector Review

Brightness. Our test sample of the P300 was substantially less bright than its 300-lumen rating. With the projector plugged into a wall outlet, I measured it at 148 lumens in its brightest mode, or 49% of the rating, and 136 and 70 lumens in its other preset modes. As a small plus, thanks to its RGB light source, it delivers the same color brightness as white brightness. When it's running from the battery, however, the brightness drops by about 33% in each mode, to 99, 91, and 47 lumens.

Given the rule of thumb that you want an image brightness of 16 foot-Lamberts (fL) in theater dark lighting and 40 to 50 fL with moderate light, and assuming a 1.0 gain screen, the measured brightness makes the P300 suitable in its brightest mode for a 54" diagonal image with the lights off or a 30" to 34" image with moderate ambient light.

Good brightness uniformity. The projector earned a high score for brightness uniformity in my tests, at 81%. However, the change in brightness happens over a short enough distance so that on a solid white or color screen it's easy to see that the center area is brighter than the sides. With the test unit, the brightness also dropped noticeably over an even shorter distance in one corner, which is outside of the designated ANSI test points, so it's not reflected in the measurement. Even so, with the screen broken up by text or graphics, the changes in brightness are hard to see. It is unlikely that anyone will find them distracting.

Good Connectivity. The P300 offers a fairly complete set of connection options for a sub-two pound projector:

1 HDMI

1 VGA In (a proprietary port for a supplied adaptor ending in a male DB-15 to plug into a computer)

1 mini plug AV IN (for a supplied adaptor ending in female RCA connectors for composite video and stereo IN or for a $19.99 optional cable for iPod, iPhone, or iPad)

1 Stereo mini plug OUT

1 USB A and 1 microSD card slot (for reading the most common audio, video, and image file formats directly from memory keys and cards)

A final connection choice is a $19.99 optional adapter cable for the Samsung Galaxy S3 or Galaxy Note 2.

Reader Comments(7 comments)

Posted Aug 9, 2017 8:54 AM

By Cindy

Joey - I've had the same issue. The projector goes off as if overheated and then doesn't stay on after cooling. I had another adapter in my bag and it was fine with that adapter. I tried others and only my spare would work. I plan to call the company.

Posted May 30, 2017 9:43 PM

By Joey

Would anyone happen to know why after an hour of operation the P 300 would shut off and the error red light flashes? I thought this unit overheated so I let it sit for an hour, try to turn it on and it automatically shut off. I also tried to charge it and the green indicator light would not come on. Could this be a charging adapter issue?

Can anyone chime in and help me out?

Mahalo,

Joey

Posted Feb 18, 2016 2:50 PM

By Mohammad Uz-Zaman

Posted Jan 6, 2014 9:26 PM

By Ronnie

Hi Mel! Yes, I own a MacBook Pro and have watched many things already with it! You will have to purchase an adapter which can be easily found on ebay for pretty cheap for the VGA port or the HDMI port (my preferred port as it gives you hd images and videos)

I hope this helped you!

Posted Jul 16, 2013 10:40 AM

By Christoph

Hey I just have this thing for 4 month now. Perfect picture and very nice image quality but the fan noise is horrible. High leveled and too loud. Tried to replace the fan with a more quiet one but it detects the wront fan and shuts down. So I really want to replace this device because of the noise....

Posted May 24, 2013 4:05 PM

By mel

Posted Apr 30, 2013 6:55 PM

By thomas

Could you write something about the sound level (fan noise) for the P300? Compared to some other devices. Or even better provide a recording of the sound.

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